Zach Dahleen

Class:
Freshman
Weight:
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Hometown:
Orland Park, Ill.
High School:
Carl Sandburg

2012-13
MVC Champion, Mile and 3000m (Indoor)
Indoor MVC Most Valuable Male Athlete
Participated during indoor season only; sat out outdoor season due to injury...Won the mile run four out of the five times he ran in the event...Also posted a win in the 800 meter race at the GVSU Big Meet...Ran at the last-chance Alex Wilson Invitational, where he finished eighth in the mile at 4:01.41...Fell less than two seconds shy of qualifying for the national meet in the mile...MVC Track Athlete of the Week (Jan. 15).

2011-12
MVC Champion, Mile (Indoor)
MVC Champion, Distance Medley (Indoor)
Second Team All-American (Outdoor)
Set Indoor Record for Mile - 4:00.16
Set Outdoor Record for 1500m - 3:41.10
Competed in four events in six meets during the indoor season (Mile, 800m, 3000m, 5000m)...Had five combined wins in the indoor season...NCAA qualifier and second-team All-American in the outdoor season in the 1500m race...MVC Champion in the 1500m race...Competed in two events (800m and 1500m) in eight meets during the outdoor season...Set two school records in the indoor mile (4:00.16) and outdoor 1500m (3:41.10)...Notched two wins, eight top-ten finishes, seven of those in the top-five.

2010-11
MVC Champion, Distance Medley (Indoor)
All-MVC Honors, Mile
Placed first in the 800m at the GVSU Invitational with a time of 1:52.48...Notched a second place finish in the 1 Mile at the MVC Indoor Championships with a time of 4:13:00. During the outdoor season earned two first place finishes in the 1500m at the Joey Haines and War Eagle Invitational...Participated in the 800m and 1500m MVC Outdoor Championships...Event Champion as part of the Distance Medley Relay Team at the MVC Indoor Championships.

2009-10
MVC Champion, 1500m (Outdoor)
Qualified for the USATF Junior Championships in Des Moines, Iowa...Competed in 13 events during the 2009-10 season, where he compiled 10 top ten finishes during the season...Won the 800m race at the McDonald's Invitational with a time of 1:55.09...Finished in seventh place in the 1500m at the USATF Junior Championships with a time of 3:54.97.

High School
Four-time all-conference, two-time all-region and all-sectional and two-time all-state honoree during prep career...Set a personal-best mark in the three-mile run with a time of 14:33 during senior season...Was the state runner-up in 2009 in the 1600m...Ran a 4:10 mile and a 1:54 half-mile...Captured regional and sectional titles as a junior and senior.

Personal
Majoring in information systems technology...Born on June 21, 1991...Son of Victor and Darcie Dahleen...Has one brother.